Crested and ruffed and stiff with whistling frills
Zeus as an eagle from the sky saw Troy,
Her waltzing towers and fast-impending hills,
Swerved plunging fieldwards gaitered with gold quills
To settle upon felspar and ogle the nude boy,
With plumage damascened and love-dance coy
To lure the lad, and promises of thrills.

The next day's headlines were the talk of Troy:
BIG BIRD SENSATION, MISSING LOCAL BOY .